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The Productivity Effects of Participatory Employment Practices: Evidence from New Japanese Panel Data

Author(s) -

Kato Takao,

Morishima Motohiro

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

industrial relations: a journal of economy and society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 1468-232X

pISSN - 0019-8676

DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00262

Subject(s) - productivity , grassroots , panel data , citizen journalism , production (economics) , demographic economics , labour economics , business , economics , economic growth , econometrics , political science , macroeconomics , law , politics

We report the first results for Japanese firms on the effects of clusters of participatory employment practices (or participation/employee involvement at the top level as well as at the grassroots level, and financial participation) by estimating production functions using new panel data. We find that the introduction of a group of complementary practices will lead to a significant 8–9 percent increase in productivity. However, the full productivity effect is felt only after a long developmental period.

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